NSW Police Cybercrime Squad detectives have charged a man following an investigation into alleged offenders using cryptocurrency to buy child abuse material.

Strike Force Angle is an ongoing investigation by State Crime Command’s Cybercrime Squad to investigate the scope and means by which offenders are using cryptocurrency to disseminate, purchase and produce Child Abuse Material online.

Following extensive inquiries, at around 10am on Tuesday, strike force detectives executed a search warrant in Mount Austin and arrested a 39-year-old man.

During the search, detectives seized three computers, mobile phones, hard drives and other storage devices allegedly containing more than 1,000 files of child abuse photos, videos…